Kelly says that 10 years ago, his friend, whom had been out drinking with, came back to Kelly’s home and then shot himself in the head with Kelly’s gun.
Chicago cops don’t really buy it, but since the friend, LaPorta, had several brain surgeries and could not speak and could not contradict Kelly. (I guess he could not communicate at all)
But now he can speak, says he was not suicidal and did NOT shoot himself. Says Kelly was acting out in a fit, had punched his dog and was brandishing his gun. He doesn’t remember being shot, but had told Kelly he was leaving.
In the last 15ish years Chicago has paid over 750 million dollars in settlements and fees and things, and an additional over 200 million in private attorneys fees in regards to police misconduct. I’m no math wiz, but I’m pretty sure that’s close to a billion dollars, baby.
The body cam video shows Glendale Officer Joshua Carroll confronting an unarmed mentally disabled man who was sitting in his car. The man doesn’t understand why the officer is talking to him or detaining him, becomes upset and isn’t following the officers instructions well. So naturally, Officer Carroll decides that he must be taken down and taken down hard. He’s repeatedly tased, taken down to the pavement and partially lodged under his own car and then repeatedly assaulted and incapacitated, all while the officer demands he do something he in physically unable to do, which elicits more beating and tasing. The man is left bleeding from his head while the officer continues to assault him while screaming conflicting commands at him.
For the fucking life of me, I cannot understand why this man hasn’t been charged with assault, arrested and put behind bars, where he won’t be a danger to the general public.
Remember this name: Joshua Carroll. He didn’t get fired, so he could end up working in your town.
ETA: I just checked up on the charge: Ohio Revised Code 2917.13. Without knowing precedents with regard to this law, it’s hard to believe he’s guilty as charged. The cops should be investigated; they cannot control their tempers or their actions, it seems.
So they have messed this undercover cop up for life with his injuries. All four of these beasts need to be locked away for at least a decade not the 30 months that one of them will potentially get from the article.
The so-called “good cops” still have to deal with the bad cops, and those who speak up… Well, what do you think happens to them?
Given that something like 40% of cops beat their wives, what do you reckon the odds are that any given “good cop” doesn’t have at least some psychopath in their department who they’re either tolerating or actively covering for?
The Center For Women And Policing mentions the 40% figure and cites two papers in support of the number. Other studies come up with 24%. Every study finds police domestic violence well above the national average.
This is a good article that discusses the two different percents, as well as why it is hard to get accurate numbers, as well as the protection of blue lives when they beat blue wives: